Among all the people present, the only one who understood Emperor Yong’s mutterings like the Crown Prince was Huang Pei, who had been staring at Emperor Yong.

Huguo Temple?

Your Majesty told His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about the Huguo Temple?

Huang Pei saw Emperor Yong lower his head after saying this, and it was obvious that he had reached his limit.

He was extremely worried and subconsciously turned his head to look at the prince. When he saw the shocked expression on the prince's face, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind.

A few days ago, when the emperor was still conscious, he specially asked him to go to the Huguo Temple and ordered him to destroy the Guiqulaixiyuan with his own hands.

At that time, he thought that the emperor was finally willing to let go of Concubine Yu, and his heart was full of joy and expectation, so he did not think too much about the emperor's order.

But at this moment, he finally realized the emperor's intention!

When His Majesty faced the Empress, he had already made some guesses. Whether it was the exposure of the Second Prince's life experience or the tragic situation in the Huguo Temple, it was all the work of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

In this case, as the chief eunuch beside the emperor, he rushed to the Huguo Temple when the emperor was ill. How could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not care!

Thinking of this, Huang Pei slowly opened his mouth.

His Majesty deliberately let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince see Guiqulaixiyuan!

The emperor had already realized that something was wrong with him. Perhaps he was worried about the situation today, and knowing that the prince was soft-hearted, he used the excuse of returning to the Laixi Courtyard to sever the last bit of father-son affection between the prince and him.

Your Majesty... Your Majesty is trying his best to say the words of Huguo Temple at this moment, which means that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will harden his heart and take action against him!

Thinking of this, Huang Pei trembled all over, his hands and feet were cold. He suddenly turned around and knelt down in front of the prince, crawling towards him step by step, and then tightly grasped the prince's hem.

He raised his head, his face full of tears, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Your Highness! Your Highness! You can't do it!"

"Your Majesty has made mistakes, but you are the king and the father. You were a young emperor, and you were arrogant and proud, so you were poisoned by Concubine Yu. After you woke up, you have been trying your best to plan for you."

"Your Highness, you are kindhearted and of good family background. You will surely be a blessing to the world and respected by all the people in the future. Please think of a way to save His Majesty!"

"Your Highness!"

Huang Pei shouted loudly, bowed deeply to the ground, tears dripping uncontrollably on the floor tiles, he was already sobbing beyond words.

You can say that Huang Pei is loyal or foolish, but when the late emperor assigned him to take care of the emperor, he regarded the emperor as his god and as everything to him, Huang Pei!

The prince's hands hidden under his sleeves trembled slightly. If Huang Pei could think clearly, how could he not see through it?

When he stood on the ruins of Guiqulaixiyuan, his whole body was cold and his blood froze. Thinking of the heart-wrenching pain now, he still felt despair.

He didn't dare, nor could he bear to tell his mother about this, let alone the young Xiao Si.

When he swung his sword and cut his robe that day, he had made up his mind completely.

But he only found out today that his father had deliberately led him to the Huguo Temple and had also left behind an imperial edict of succession as a precautionary measure.

Thinking of this, the prince felt extremely sad.

Father, oh father, why didn’t you wake up earlier? You have brought bitter consequences to mother, to your son, to Xiao Si, and to too many innocent people.

Now, are you using your life to teach your son the final ways of being a king?

I know that you want me to show the iron-blooded hand of a monarch, to kill decisively and put an end to all future troubles!

It's over, it's over...

Thinking of this, the prince's eyes turned slightly red, and then he slowly raised his right hand.

Qiao Jiaojiao was held in Qiao Zhongguo's arms. When she saw the prince's actions, her heart suddenly jumped!

【Ah, the prince has made up his mind! 】

Qiao Zhongguo looked solemn as he looked at the unconscious Emperor Yong. His emotions were in turmoil and he sighed deeply in his heart.

When Huang Pei saw that the prince was really going to disregard Emperor Yong's life, he turned pale with fear, and hurriedly hugged the prince's legs, crying in panic: "Your Highness! No!"

When the second prince saw the prince's actions, his brows suddenly frowned.

He claimed that he had some understanding of his brother, and given his brother's temperament, he would never disregard his father's life!

Also, according to the time, help should be here by now, right?

The second prince looked worried when he heard footsteps coming from the right side of the palace road.

"What's going on?"

"Ah! Your Majesty!"

The footsteps became faster and faster. Everyone turned their heads to look and saw that it was the civil and military officials who came without being summoned, and behind them, was a team of "Imperial Guards"!

Seeing this, the second prince raised his lips slightly and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Help is coming!

Since he dared to come back this time, he must have planned a way out. Otherwise, if the plan failed, he would be like a tiger's den in the palace. How could he escape?

He knew that when he returned to the palace this time, his royal brother would definitely set a tight net for him. The most obvious point was that he could not contact Liuyun.

Liuyun manages Chonghua Palace for him and has the remaining available secret guards in his hands, who will be of great use in today's incident. However, without his orders, Liuyun will not dare to act rashly.

So he took another approach and sent someone to contact Lin Zhaoyi.

Last time, Lin Zhaoyi was implicated in the incident concerning her imperial sister and was confined to the Jinhua Palace, but her communication with the outside world was unimpeded.

Moreover, Lin Zhaoyi has been favored in the harem for so many years. In addition to relying on the title of mother, she is naturally a capable person.

So he asked someone to deliver the letter to Lin Zhaoyi, explained the reason, and asked her to pass the secret letter to Liuyun.

Why would Lin Zhaoyi help him? He swore that if he succeeded, he would bring the imperial sister out of the palace in a grand manner and make her the honorable eldest princess!

He knew that Lin Zhaoyi would definitely agree because she only had the emperor's sister as her daughter.

If the emperor's brother were to ascend the throne, then there would be no doubt that the emperor's sister would have to stay in the palace until her death!

Soon, he received a response from Lin Zhaoyi, which was just one sentence: "Bai Er, don't break your promise."

At this time, the second prince mobilized his inner strength and shouted loudly:

"Brother Emperor, are you really going to kill me without caring about my father's life?"

"If that's the case, even if you're not the one holding the knife, you can't get away with the crime of regicide and patricide!"

Civil and military officials hurriedly approached and were frightened to see that the person the Second Prince was holding hostage with a knife was none other than Emperor Yong.

This, this, this...what the hell is going on!

Qiao Zhongguo spotted Han Mingzhe with his sharp eyes, and hurried towards him, asking quickly, "Old Han, why are you here?"

Han Mingzhe saw that something was not right and said hurriedly, "Master Qiao, a eunuch from the palace came to the mansion to deliver an imperial decree, saying that the emperor urgently summoned him and had the imperial decree in hand. I changed into my official uniform and rushed here immediately."

"As I was approaching the palace gate, the Imperial Guards led me to the Youtian Gate. When I arrived there, I found that almost all the officials in the court had arrived."

"We were worried and didn't know why the emperor summoned us, but we were led all the way here."

As Han Mingzhe was speaking, he saw that Qiao Zhongguo's face was becoming increasingly ugly, and his expression changed as well!

"Could it be... Could it be that someone really has falsely transmitted the imperial decree?"

Han Mingzhe didn't see Qiao Zhongguo and Qiao Tianjing on the way here, and he felt something was wrong.

It’s not like there have been urgent summons of civil and military officials before, but why did they go through Youtian Gate instead of Chengtian Gate this time?

But if you think about it carefully, the emperor is in his prime, and the government is stable. Falsifying the imperial edict is a serious crime that will result in the extermination of nine generations of the family. It seems incredible no matter how you think about it.

With such a hesitant mentality, they came here under the escort of the "Royal Guards", but they did not expect to witness such a shocking scene!